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Geneva Slideshow
Geneva
Travel Blogs from Geneva, Switzerland
Liechtenstein and Switzerland
... purchase it when we are really over budget). Highlights Scenic Train Trips Valle Verzasca Dam Lucerne, Switzerland Geneva, Switzerland September 2 Today we spent countless hours on a train bound for Switzerland. Nothing sensational to ...
Stop over in Geneva
... , however I should be able to squeeze a couple of entries for each state we visited. Sorry about the holes, but like our stop over in Geneva, there is no information to draw on except memories. In fact, I am going to add all the pins up to 1990 so that I ...
Finally
1) It snowed 2) I watched The Inconvenient Truth These things are linked, but not because I linked them. We need to do something. I'm thinking on how, as I am sure it's within my capacity to do more with WWF and anyone who wants to ...
Geneva
This is a top pick! ... it. I definitely respect her for making choices that contribute to her health, but I can’t imagine living in Switzerland without enjoying the bounty of good cheese and chocolate that’s available. After lunch, we played the good Geneva ...
Retour Tour du Monde
« Ce que je sais a soixante, je le savais aussi bien a vingt. Quarante ans d'un long, d'un superflu travail de vérification » C'était la citation accompagnant mon dîner de départ en retraite au mois de Décembre, je me dois d'y ajouter, « En deux ...
Geneva
April 28 - Geneva As Switzerland is not a part of the EU, we figured that we'd have to go through some immigration point. Well, we did. An officer took our passports, looked through them, asked us a couple of questions and let us through. No stamping, ...
Lazy Geneva Day
... are all within walking distance. After browsing through a wine shop, Gerald went for a haircut while Lynn and I browsed around Manor (Geneva's equivalent of The Bay). It was a little sneaky of me, but I asked to walk around the housewares looking for ...
Filling in time
Had a sleep in this morning. I wasn't feeling as enthusiastic this morning as usual. I think it is because I am now in a large city and for the past week have been in small towns, which I really enjoyed. Hopped on a tram and went to see the UN building ...
Swiss Alps!!!!
Swiss Alps looming above. Swiss sun shining brilliantly. Swiss chocolate filling our tummies. Yes, we're in Switzerland! It's a lot colder here, for once we feel like it's actually December! We were in delight to see the white trees as the train ...
Lisbon to Geneva to Lausanne today
... for under 100 euros. I ended up sleeping in Lausanne. I had 90 minutes once I took the train from the airport into town. Geneva was pretty. Flowers were everywhere, the city was spotless, stores were closed and there didn't seem to be a whole lot going ...
aah, a PROPER cup of tea.....
We have finally arrived to stay with our lovely friends Romain and Jamie in Geneva. They live in a lovely central flat and we have settled in nicely and made ourselves at home! We have been mostly sitting around and relaxing which has been SO nice, eating ...
Geneva, Switzerland
... 7pm to my next location. AWESOME. The reason I have explained this system is simple: it explains why I took a DAY TRIP to Geneva, Switzerland; simply because I CAN ;) I had an extra two days left on my pass and need to use them before I leave to ...
Switzerland
... I can give to this blog; its name says it all. Stunning, amazing, extraordinary, are only a few words to describe Switzerland's scenery. Your will not get tired of looking at the mountains, lakes and villages that together decorate the country landscape. ...
Busines trip to Geneva
... the day to walk around. Not far out of Basel, the snow was coming down thickly and it continued all the way south to Geneva. When I got there and checked into my hotel I walked around a bit and visited the tourist office but it was freezing and wet and ...
Geneve
Hey allemaal, Ben heel goed opgeschoten de laatste dagen: vertrokken uit Nancy, dan door de Vogezen (mooi! wel heel de dag regen), en dan een paar vlotte honderd kilometers langs de kanalen door Frankrijk, waar ik ook belachelijk veel Hollanders ben ...
Geneva
... I got to meet up with my friend Maggie who is studying in Nice! I went by train to Nice then we caught a late plane to Geneva. It was such a cool city and was very international. Well this time I think I will let the pictures tell my story...there wasn't ...
Geneva - Still Expensive, Just More French
... , old weapons, old rooms, a floor of art, a floor of artefacts, and some watches thrown in for good measure. This is Switzerland, after all. So why not? It's free, anyway. Hooray. Finally, we capped off our day by visiting the Natural History Museum ...
Swiss shopping
... much every tool I could possibly want and cost me the equivalent of $50 Australian. Not bad, eh? I think the highlight of Geneva was scoring 8 free cans of iced coffee from the train station where there was a promotion and they were just dying to give ...
Geneva
... to explain to the officious man in the suit that im only gonna be on the motorway for 5 minutes and i will be leaving Switzerland tomorrow...."you can turn around madam but it will take you an hour". Its dark and Steves spag bol is ...
Swiss Bank Account
... to get the attestation. I guess it is a document saying that I have not outstanding debts and no criminal record in Switzerland. Pretty crazy considering I've only been here for five days, but anyways...it's a necessity. The document is prepared by the ...
Two weeks to go!
Hello! Welcome to the first entry of my blog. Two weeks to go! The signs? a) The time is disappearing between my fingers whilst I try to get everything done. b) I am still trying to discover how this blog actually works. c) I am packing... ...
Regies and all that fun stuff...
Yesterday I officially began my house search - well sort of. I made an appointment to go see a apartment close to where I work. In order to see the place, I had to pick the keys up from the real estate agent's (called a Regie) office and then go to the ...
Official Employee!!!
... that!), a library, book store, travel agency and a little shop. They also have a bank! It feels like a little city within Geneva. The most exciting part of today - I got my employee badge. Yep - it's official. I'm so excited to ...
Officially 184 different countries in one city!
... with 2 reservation train fees of 10.00 euro each, even though we have Eurail tickets, off to Switzerland we went (thanks dodgy Italian economy/government). Geneva, as described by our friend, is a beautiful winter city and the true charm comes about at ...
Getting Oriented
... . I thought that the Swiss really really environmentally friendly but it turns out that they also have some help as the north wind blows the population out of Geneva. Regardless, I'm loving the fresh air. Well tomorrow is day one so wish me ...
United Nations plus three
We arrive early into Geneva and check into a campsite....and then check out of the campsite.... we needed to leave early the next morning to take Svend to the airport but the campsite would't open it’s gates until at least 7am, so we left. Not ...